A Kid in a Candy Store...

So, I feel like a big dork when I get so excited I'm flabbergast. I recently watched one of my favorite Disney films, Sleeping Beauty (a blend of geometrics, realism, and medieval styles, and amazingly smooth animation) and took the time to watch the background art in the film. SO beautiful and really looking back, I realize it's been something that has captivated me since I was little. The same goes for the background art of Alice in Wonderland, and H. Anderson's Wild Swans animated by the Russian Studio, Soyuz MultFilm in the early 60's (same time as Sleeping Beauty). Well I decided to do some more research into the backdrop art of Sleeping Beauty and discovered this blog. The artist responsible is Eyvind Earle.



I could post image after image. I have to have a book of his work!








*sigh*

And another amazing artist, art director and illustrator of Alice in Wonderland: Mary Blair.






And finally, the movie I never forgot, even after 15 or 16 years of it's absence. Somehow it was something that embedded itself in my memory ever since I was a little girl. When I thought to look it up online this past year, I was able to pick out the style distinctly while searching. I wish I could get it on dvd in english. Or heck in the traditional Russian would be great too, so long as it played on my region DVD player. =0 I will have to look.

The Wild Swans or "Дикие лебеди, Dikiye lebedi". I don't know who did the art, but it's stuck with me. Images are difficult to find too. BUT, I've found the entire film just now on youtube! First video!!! Oh I'm so excited!